Work & commute · Wright

Work & commute in Wright, PA

Most working residents leave Wright for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Wilkes-Barre (13%), Plains (6%) and Hanover (4%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

279 of 2,487 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,208 Wright residents head out of town to work, 279 work right here, and 4,114 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wright.

2,208live here, work elsewhere

279live and work here

4,114work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wright goes to work

Wilkes-Barre8.7 mi away

13%331

Wright (in town)right here

11%279

Plains10.8 mi away

6%148

Hanover5.8 mi away

4%101

Kingston9.9 mi away

4%94

Hazle12.7 mi away

3%79

Wilkes-Barre8 mi away

3%77

Fairview3.4 mi away

3%68

Mahoning38 mi away

2%47

Jenkins13.6 mi away

2%45

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%1,218

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Wright commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

41%

29%

13%

17%

41%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wright is a job hub

1.77jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.8 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Wright are

4,393 jobs are based in Wright. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Wright’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Wright

4,393 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)64%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)19%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month74%

Jobs Wright residents hold

2,487 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+49%

Jobs based in Wright, 2013 → 2023: 2,939 → 4,393. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.